Liquids



(No Model.)

N. C. PATTERSON.

SEAL FOR VESSELS CONTAINING LIQUIDS.

Patented June 9, 1896.

IIWENTOR ATTORNEY.

- UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

NICHOLAS C. PATTERSON, OF JUNCTIOJ. CITY, TEXAS.

SEAL FOR VESSELS CONTAINING LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,812, dated June 9, 1896.

Applicati n filed January 3, 1896. Serial No. 574,254. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS G. PATTER- SON, of Junction City, in the county of Kimble and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Seal for Vessels Containing Liquids, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to sealing devices for the corks of bottles or the bungs of casks, and the object is to provide a simple device for this purpose which may be easily applied and of comparatively small cost. This seal is designed to be placed over the stopper of a vessel in such manner that a portion of the sealing material must be broken away before the seal can be removed. lVhen once removed, and as it cannot be replaced, it is evidence that the vessel has once been used as an original package, thus protecting a purchaser from an inferior article should the vessel be presented refilled and without the seal.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will hereinaft-er appear and be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle-neck, showing my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a plan view of a sealing-strip employed. Fig. 5 shows my invention as applied to a barrel, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line [3 G of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the neck of a bottle, and a is the stopper or cork therein. Notches a a are formed in the neck of the bottle, one notch being diametrically opposite the other. The opposite vertical walls of the notches are undercut to form locking-shoulders for the seal. The seal comprises a metal strip B of sufficient length to extend over the cork from one notch to the other. At one end the strip 13 has a key or dovetail portion the inclined edges of which are designed to engage against the undercut walls of a notch, and the opposite end of the strip is provided with a perforation b. The perforation h is preferably a narrow slot extended lengthwise of the strip, the object of which will hereinafter appear.

The manner of applying the seal is as follows: After filling the bottle and inserting the cork the dovetail portion Z) of the strip B is placed in the notch a and then the strip is bent over the cork and down the opposite side of the bottle-neck to bring the perforation I) in line with the notch a. When in in this position, molten glass is to be run through the perforation b and into the notch, and a small bulb is formed on the outer end. Of course the glass seal when hardened will be firmly keyed in the notch, and owing to the shape of the perforation Z1" a narrow neck is formed on the glass seal, which will easily break should an attempt be made to slip the strip B laterally off the cork. hen it is desired to remove the seal and strip, a slight tap on the bulb b will break the seal and loosen the strip, so that it may be removed.

In employing my device in connection with the bung O of a barrel or a like vessel 1 cmploy sockets O, the walls of which are underout similar to the notches before described. These sockets are of metal and cxteriorly screw-threaded to engage in holes in the head at opposite sides of the bung-hole. To prevent the removal of the sockets, they are inserted from the inner side of the head before the head is put in the barrel, and the inner portions are flanged, as at c, to bear against the inner surface of the head. ample of my improvement the strip C is similar to the one heretofore described and is attached in the same manner.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A sealing device for the stopper of a vessel, comprising a metal strip having a key end to interlock in a notch in a vessel, 2. wall of said notch being undercut to receive a projcction on the key end and having a perforation at the other end through which glass may be poured into a notch in the vessel, substan tially as specified.

2. A bottle having opposite notches in its neck portion, the opposite vertical walls of said notches being undercut, and a metal strip having a dovetail portion at one end and In this ex-' a perforation at the other end, substantially E notches, and the glass seal, substantially as as specified; specified.

3. A Vessel having opposite notches with undercut Walls, a sealing-strip ofmetal,h2w- NICHOLAS PATTERSON 5 ing a dovetail portion at one end to key into \Vitnesses:

one of the notches, and an elongated slot at 1 GEORGE VAN BUREN, the other end to register with the other of the I MARK OOWSERT. 

